Tony Pulis was left baffled and "really disappointed" by two controversial refereeing decisions which went against Middlesbrough in the home sucker punch defeat to Fulham.

Pulis waited by the tunnel at full-time to question Geoff Eltringham after the referee had waved away what appeared an absolute nailed on penalty for a Tomas Kalas foul on Martin Braithwaite, before then pointing to the spot in the final seconds when Fulham's Oliver Norwood hit the deck.

Boro skipper Grant Leadbitter who committed what was adjudged to be a foul in the box was furious with the decision. As was Pulis, who told BBC Tees the decision to not give the "stonebanker" Braithwaite penalty but to award the other in the dying seconds was "really disappointing".

And Pulis wasn't the only one furious at the decision, with Boro fans taking to social media at full-time to express their dismay.

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While Boro can rightly feel aggrieved by the second half decisions at the Riverside, they should have had the game wrapped up long before conceding that last gasp sucker punch.

The hosts carved out a string of chances but spurned them, with striker Rudy Gestede missing two one-on-ones in the first half. He was replaced by Britt Assombalonga in the second, and the £15m missed a glorious opportunity of his own as he hit the bar in stoppage time.

Moments later, Fulham were ahead. As ex-Boro man Ryan Fredericks put it on social media, the visitors "nicked it".